NBA OFF TOPIC THREAD

[Stakesarehigh]

Browns fans, are they locked in to playing in KC week 1 of the playoffs?

No

it's most likely AFC South

 

[thunderc]

No

it's most likely AFC South

Ah yeah I keep forgetting there is a bye team

 

[Black Adam]

Ah yeah I keep forgetting there is a bye team

We get one home game at least more than likely. We're playing the Chargers this Sunday. And yes, as much as I kinda hate it, I'll be going to SoFi to check it out...

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[thunderc]

The body language hasn’t been good

 

[fightinfunbags]

A few weeks after they get eliminated the whole story will end up getting revealed. I think this is just scapegoating for failings up and down the organization. Brown didn’t create the root issues but it seems like he’s gasoline on a fire.

 

[dtgold88]

No

it's most likely AFC South

It's definitely AFCS

 

[bksballer89]

The body language hasn’t been good

He comes off as a whiny bitch

 

[thunderc]

He comes off as a whiny bitch

Hurts hasn’t looked right to me, on the sidelines and stuff

 

[msgkings322]

Yep....I do a playoff pool every year where you just pick the winners of every game (as you think will happen before playoffs start). Guessing could just throw darts to make some picks.

That method is winning the NBA over under pool right now

 

[Stakesarehigh]

what a shock

a receiver

trade him

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Hurts hasn’t looked right to me, on the sidelines and stuff

when the focus becomes having to get a certain guy the ball it fucks with a qb

I think back to Baker and OBJ

his best games were without OBJ

 

[tlance]

A few weeks after they get eliminated the whole story will end up getting revealed. I think this is just scapegoating for failings up and down the organization. Brown didn’t create the root issues but it seems like he’s gasoline on a fire.

It is tough because he is probably their best player.

Hurts is good, but he isn’t the beat you from the pocket type of QB that can keep an elite WR consistently fed despite extra attention from defenses.

You talked about their play calling issues that have been lingering all season.

Crazy how far this team has fallen in the last month.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

It is tough because he is probably their best player.

Hurts is good, but he isn’t the beat you from the pocket type of QB that can keep an elite WR consistently fed despite extra attention from defenses.

You talked about their play calling issues that have been lingering all season.

Crazy how far this team has fallen in the last month.

AJ Brown is a very very good player. And the D is going to do what they can to take him out of the game. As you said Hurts isn't a sit in the pocket and chuck dimes 50 yards down the field into double coverage kind of guy. So half his picks are probably him trying to appease AJ

That said the play calling in the 4th against Arizona was embarrassing. I Get the holding call but have a pair and try to score a td there.

 

[fightinfunbags]

It is tough because he is probably their best player.

Hurts is good, but he isn’t the beat you from the pocket type of QB that can keep an elite WR consistently fed despite extra attention from defenses.

He absolutely can if he’s coached the right way. He had the highest QB rating from the pocket last season and his numbers in the pocket this year have been efficient as well and that’s in a down year. The major issues here lies with a coaching staff that has been figured out and they have no adjustments and no innovation inside their system.

You talked about their play calling issues that have been lingering all season.

Crazy how far this team has fallen in the last month.

I have the coaches as issue 1 and the front office and the defensive personnel as issue 2 and then over time the players have languished because of the reality of the situation.

 

[shopson67]

Doesn't matter. Based on how things have done in the past, the SEC didn't do what was necessary to get in. Prior to this season no unbeaten P5 conference champ had ever been left out of the cfp.

Outside of seeding, none of the rest of it has ever mattered unless deciding between 2 teams with a loss.

And that's not opinion, it's fact.

It mattering or not is opinion, clearly. Those who make these decisions disagree, which is fact. Rankings have often been adjusted due to injured players and/or strength of schedule. How many undefeated teams have not finished #1 overall?

 

[shopson67]

I honestly wish the FSU qb hadn’t been hurt so we could see them scrambling to explain putting Bama in over Texas because that would have happened.

It's easy to explain. FSU beat two ranked teams (#13 LSU and #16 Louisville). Alabama beat 4 ranked teams (#11 Mississippi, #25 Tennessee, #13 LSU, #6 Georgia), lost 1 game to another (#3 Texas). Alabama beat the same team that was FSU's best win (by very similar scores) and their best win (and only loss) were against teams better than FSU played all year. Alabama had the #3 strength of schedule in the nation. FSU had the #50.

 

[shopson67]

AJ Brown is a very very good player. And the D is going to do what they can to take him out of the game. As you said Hurts isn't a sit in the pocket and chuck dimes 50 yards down the field into double coverage kind of guy. So half his picks are probably him trying to appease AJ

That said the play calling in the 4th against Arizona was embarrassing. I Get the holding call but have a pair and try to score a td there.

Trying to appease any WR leads to failure. Feed whichever WR that's open within your window of time to read the defense.

 

[shopson67]

whole game does count but most important is the W and to get one in Bmore is there a better one? Never mind a perfect half with a high ankle sprain and broken shoulder.

Seems to me that's a LOT more on the defense and running game than the 74.8 QB play.